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(No Model.)

0. H. DESLAURIBS.

SHOE.

Patented Apr. 15. 1890.

, at less cost than those heretofore made.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. DES LAURIES, OF WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO EMERSON W. TORREY AND FRANK H. TORREY, BOTH or SAME PLACE.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of- Letters Patent No. 425,598, dated April 15, 1890.

Application filed J'enuary27, 1890- Serial No. 338,260- (No model.)

tion, in connection with the accompanying,

drawings, is a specification, like letters on th drawings representing like parts.

My invention relates to shoes of that class in which a cork'sole or equivalentfilling-sole is employed between the insole and outsole. In shoes of this class there is a welt just below the upper, commonly called the cork-sole welt, which is covered wit-h a casing or strip of thin leather, folded over and so as to wholly 'incase the said welt, and below this cork-sole welt there is a welt to which theouter sole is attached by sewing in the usual-manner. In shoes of this class as heretofore made the cork-sole welt and its inclosing strip or casing is attached to the inner sole of the shoe in the usual manner, the said corksole welt, with its casing, projecting beyond the level of the face of the inner sole and forming aledge around it, within which the cork sole is placed. Then a second inner sole is applied over the cork sole and cork-sole welt, and the main welt, to which the outer sole of the shoe is attached, is connected to the second inner sole by stitches which pass through a channel in said second inner sole, through the edges of the upper and of the casing for the corksole welt, and through the outer welt of the shoe to which the outer sole is attached.

The object of the present invention is to produce a shoe having a cork sole interposed between the inner and outer soles and having the same general appearance as shoes of this class heretofore made-that is, having an incased cork-sole welt lying between the upper and main welt and raising the upper with its insole above the main welt a sufficient height to receive the cork sole between the inner and outer soles, the object being to make said shoe of simpler construction and To accomplish this result in accordance with this invention, the inner sole of the shoe is provided with two channels, one being deeper and extending nearer the edge or periphery of the shoe than the other, and being called the outer channel to distinguish it from the and its casing are applied thereto, the said casing being unfolded and having one edge between the outer face of the upper and the cork-sole welt. These parts are then united by stitches passing through the outer channel of the insole, the upper, one edge of the casing, and the cork-sole welt. Then the casing is folded or lasted over the cork-sole welt so as to inclose the Same, and the welt proper of the shoe is applied to said folded casin g and is fastened to the insole by stitches which pass through the inner channel of the insole, the edge of the upper, the cork-sole welt, and both edges of its casing and the outer or main welt, which latter is thus attached to the insole of the shoe, but held at a distance from the face of the insole equal to the thickness of the incased cork-sole welt, making a space between the outer face of the insole and the level of the main welt to receive the cork sole, which is applied in said space, after which the outsole is attached to the welt in the usual manner.

Figure 1 is a transverse section of a lasted shoe having a cork sole attached to the insole in accordance with this invention, the casing and the cork-sole welt being shown at one side of the shoe as folded or lasted over ready to receive the outer or main welt of the shoe. Fig. 2 is a similar section showing the shoe with the main welt applied and attached to the insole after the latter has had the corks'ole welt applied thereto, as shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a' similar section of the finished shoe.

The insole a is applied to the last I) and the edges of the upper c are Stretched or lasted over the said insole in the usual manner, the said insole being provided with a channel a herein called the outer channel, which receives the seam or line of stitches d, by which the upper is connected to the insole in the usual manner of making sewed shoes.

Before uniting the upper and insole by the seam d the cork-sole welt e and its casing f are applied over the edge of the insole, the said casing being unfolded, as shown at the right in Fig. 1, so that one edge of the casing 5 lies between the upper and the welt e, and the seam (1 passes through the insole, upper, one side of the casing f, and the welt e, as shown at the right hand of Fig. 1. The insole is, in accordance with this invention, provided with a second channel a herein called the inner channel, as it does not extend so far toward the extreme outer edge of the insole as the channel u After the cork-sole channel and its casing I 5 have been attached to the upper and insole by the seam d, as shown at the right hand, Fig. l the casing f is lasted or folded over the welt e, as shown at the left-hand side of Fig. 1, after which the main welt g (see Fig.

2) is applied, resting upon the outer fold of the casing of the cork-sole welt, and the said outer fold of the said casing and the main Welt g are then united to the upper and insole by a seam or line of stitching h, (seeFig,

z 5 2.) which passes through the inner channel (1.

the upper, both folds of the casing f, and the main-welt g, which is thus securely attached to the insole and upper in substantially the usual manner, but is separated from the upper by a space equal to the thickness of the .cork-sole welt and its casing, thus leaving a main welt g, as is usual in shoes having a cork sole outside the insole. The shoe does not, however, have a second insole,such as is usually applied outside the cork sole and cork-sole welt and to which the main welt is commonly attached; but the main welt is attached to the single insole by meansiof the second channel with whichsaid insole isprovided, thus forming a shoe of simpler and less expensive construction, and at the same time stronger and more durable than shoes of usual construction having a cork sole between the insole and outsole.

I claim- 1. A shoe having an insole provided with two channels and an upper and cork-sole welt attached to said insole by a seam made in one of said channels, and a main welt attached to said insole and upper by a second seam in thesecond channel of said insole, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a shoe,an insole provided with inner and outer channels, the upper lasted over the said insole, a cork;sole welt, and a casing therefor, one edge of which casing is interposed between thetcork-sole welt and upper, the said parts'being united by aseam in the outer channel of said insole, and amain welt applied over, the outer fold of said casing, which is folded or lasted over the cork-sole welt and united .tothe insole by stitches'extending from the inner channel through the upper, both edges of the casing, and said main welt, substantially as andffor the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 7 name to this specificationin the presence of two subscrihingwitnesses.

CHARLES 1-1. DES LAURIES; Witnesses: I-I. STORER BARRY, WILLIS C. HAMLEN. 

